What problems have you had to overcome

st.bede · 10-22-2008, 11:34 PM

What problems or issues have you had to overcome to be the musician that you are now....

how do you keep playing music with all the negitive stuff that a musician has to go through....

share your wisdom

(of course only if you want to...see my thread on the "spiritual" level...[not CAPITAL S but spirit like how the greeks used it dig]
for some thoughts, if need be)

WildeStarr · 10-22-2008, 11:48 PM

Getting clean and sober in 2005 was the key for me. Saved my life, and I am now 10 times the musician that I used to be.

Boleskinehouse · 10-22-2008, 11:56 PM

Getting off cocaine 10 years ago.

USP45Tim · 10-23-2008, 12:00 AM

Not working so much and playing more. If I didn't have a job and college I'd definitely be better.

Such is life!

st.bede · 10-23-2008, 12:33 AM

true for the above (same here)...but, what have you had to overcome inside yourself...like, for example, wanting to be competitive so ending up playing really fast with out much musicallity (not saying that playing fast is bad)....like, after someone saying that you sucked learning to belive in yourself

these type of things...THE INNER BATTLE....

Jody · 10-23-2008, 01:09 AM

lack of money

no money,no toys

alligatorbling · 10-23-2008, 01:17 AM

Admiting that I was powerless over alcohol, that I had the disease of alcholism and i needed treatment. i quit drinking after many many many years of drinking nearly everyday... ive suffered a lot of consiquences for the drinking i did. i was in denial for a while when i started getting bad... id also drink with other alcholics, that way i could say, hey i dont drink anymore than them, so its normal right? lol, you come up with all kinds or rationalizations.... eventually you have to hit a bottom. but once you get your head clear and learn that you can take it just one day at a time life will be ok.

brianbzed · 10-23-2008, 07:14 AM

Chronic under-employment!

ac4rd · 10-23-2008, 07:29 AM

My problem list: 1.) Tin ear. 2.) No sense of rhythm at all--can't even work a rocking chair. 3.) An apparently total and complete lack of musical talent or ability.

I can't say I have overcome these problems, St. Bede. They're all still with me. Luckily, they don't keep me from grabbing a guitar and having fun anyway. :-)

geochem1st · 10-23-2008, 09:10 AM

For me it's been the opposite, the more problems the better I get. Not that I look for problems... god no. I view music to be the best form of therapy above all else. When life is smoothly sailing along, I play less and with less intensity.

10-22-2008, 11:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
st.bede V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fresno Ca Posts: 7,195 Thanks: 245 Thanked 203 Times in 80 Posts	What problems have you had to overcome What problems or issues have you had to overcome to be the musician that you are now.... how do you keep playing music with all the negitive stuff that a musician has to go through.... share your wisdom (of course only if you want to...see my thread on the "spiritual" level...[not CAPITAL S but spirit like how the greeks used it dig] for some thoughts, if need be) __________________ "The economy is a system of interdependence." “Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.” ― Jean-Jacques Rousseau I have slowly morphed into a space alien trying to communicate enigmatic messages to my home world. "to criticize without vision is to be complicitious with dominance" Carolyn Casey "There is no hierarchy of goodness" *Des*

10-22-2008, 11:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
WildeStarr V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: California Posts: 3,058 Thanks: 1 Thanked 62 Times in 18 Posts	Re: What problems have you had to overcome Getting clean and sober in 2005 was the key for me. Saved my life, and I am now 10 times the musician that I used to be.

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Boleskinehouse Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Next to Raleighwood Posts: 27,153 Thanks: 91 Thanked 673 Times in 114 Posts	Re: What problems have you had to overcome Getting off cocaine 10 years ago.

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USP45Tim V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: S.E. Louisiana Posts: 3,557 Thanks: 14 Thanked 209 Times in 49 Posts	Re: What problems have you had to overcome Not working so much and playing more. If I didn't have a job and college I'd definitely be better. Such is life!

10-23-2008, 12:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
st.bede V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fresno Ca Posts: 7,195 Thanks: 245 Thanked 203 Times in 80 Posts	Re: What problems have you had to overcome true for the above (same here)...but, what have you had to overcome inside yourself...like, for example, wanting to be competitive so ending up playing really fast with out much musicallity (not saying that playing fast is bad)....like, after someone saying that you sucked learning to belive in yourself these type of things...THE INNER BATTLE.... __________________ "The economy is a system of interdependence." “Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.” ― Jean-Jacques Rousseau I have slowly morphed into a space alien trying to communicate enigmatic messages to my home world. "to criticize without vision is to be complicitious with dominance" Carolyn Casey "There is no hierarchy of goodness" *Des*

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10-23-2008, 01:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
Jody Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Over The Mountain Posts: 7,018 Thanks: 213 Thanked 110 Times in 16 Posts	Re: What problems have you had to overcome lack of money no money,no toys __________________

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alligatorbling V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 31,022 Thanks: 1,808 Thanked 2,275 Times in 639 Posts	Re: What problems have you had to overcome Admiting that I was powerless over alcohol, that I had the disease of alcholism and i needed treatment. i quit drinking after many many many years of drinking nearly everyday... ive suffered a lot of consiquences for the drinking i did. i was in denial for a while when i started getting bad... id also drink with other alcholics, that way i could say, hey i dont drink anymore than them, so its normal right? lol, you come up with all kinds or rationalizations.... eventually you have to hit a bottom. but once you get your head clear and learn that you can take it just one day at a time life will be ok. __________________ https://soundcloud.com/astrobling/space-ride Visit Blings Soundcloud! visit bling at reverbnation!

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brianbzed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 710 Thanks: 10 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: What problems have you had to overcome Chronic under-employment! __________________ Life is too short to play sh*tty guitars! Les Pauls rule, Pilgrim. Now get that Strat outta here! Gear List: '83 '59 reissue 'Burst' (Leo's) '87 Standard-Alpine White '89 35th Anniv.Custom-3-pu's (Black Beauty) '83 Flying V-Black "Designer Series" '94 PRS Custom Purple 10-top w/birds '84 Fender Strat-humbuckers added '80's BC Rich Warlock bass '78 Fender Musicmaster bass '08 Dean 6-string Banjo '10 Carvin acoustic\electric Boogie MkIIB,Fender Power Chorus,Line 6

10-23-2008, 07:29 AM	#9 (permalink)
ac4rd Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Louisville KY / Raleigh NC Posts: 661 Thanks: 10 Thanked 3 Times in 1 Post	Re: What problems have you had to overcome My problem list: 1.) Tin ear. 2.) No sense of rhythm at all--can't even work a rocking chair. 3.) An apparently total and complete lack of musical talent or ability. I can't say I have overcome these problems, St. Bede. They're all still with me. Luckily, they don't keep me from grabbing a guitar and having fun anyway. :-) __________________ ""I'm just not disciplined enough to be a hippie." --Homer Simson

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